Google product taxonomy · 2021-09-21
Book Accessories
The Google product category ID for Book Accessories is 6174. It sits under Office Supplies and has 4 subcategories of its own, so it is a predefined value you can send as it stands — but one of those 4 is usually the closer answer, and an interior category fits when a product genuinely spans the ones below.
This branch5
- Category ID
- 6174
- Direct subcategories
- 4
- Categories below it in total
- 4
- Depth, on a branch that runs 3
- 2 / 3
- Others at this level
- 13
- Parent category
- Office Supplies
- Taxonomy version
- 2021-09-21
- Sent in your feed as
- google_product_category
Where this sits in the taxonomy
Measured by how much sits beneath them, Book Accessories is eighth largest of the 14 categories under Office Supplies, with 4 categories below it. Size is not correctness — a small category is the right answer when it is the right answer — but it does tell you how much of the taxonomy you are still choosing between once you pick this branch.
Book AccessoriesBook Covers
The longest route down from here runs 1 more level, ending at Book Covers (6176) on level 3: Book Accessories › Book Covers. Most branches stop sooner than that — the figure to compare it against is the seven levels Google's taxonomy allows, not the depth of the branch next door.
| Category | ID | Direct | Below | Levels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filing & Organization | 923 | 18 | 29 | 3 |
| General Office Supplies | 932 | 12 | 37 | 2 |
| Office Equipment | 950 | 10 | 15 | 2 |
| Presentation Supplies | 964 | 10 | 17 | 3 |
| Paper Handling | 2014 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Name Plates | 2435 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shipping Supplies | 2636 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Office Instruments | 2986 | 11 | 32 | 5 |
| Impulse Sealers | 5829 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Book Accessories — this page | 6174 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Office Carts | 6373 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Office & Chair Mats | 6519 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Desk Pads & Blotters | 8078 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lap Desks | 8499 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Using this value
Either form of this value goes in the google_product_category attribute: the numeric ID (6174) or the full path ("Office Supplies > Book Accessories"). Both are predefined values for the same category. The ID is the sturdier of the two, because renaming any segment above this one changes the path text and leaves the number alone. Before sending it, check whether one of the 4 subcategories below fits — a narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things.
Bear in mind that google_product_category is an optional attribute. Google assigns a category automatically, and your value is treated as a signal rather than an override. When an override actually applies.
In your feed, it looks like this
Either row below is accepted. The first is the one to send.
| id | title | google_product_category |
|---|---|---|
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | 6174 |
| SKU-1001 | Your product title | Office Supplies > Book Accessories |
This path has no comma, so an unquoted cell holds it as it stands — which is not true of every category in the taxonomy. The numeric ID, 6174, is the form that does not depend on how the file is quoted.
What sits under Book Accessories
4 subcategories. A narrower category groups the product with fewer, closer things, so prefer one of these when it fits.
All 4 of them are leaves: none of the subcategories under Book Accessories continues any further, so one of those 4 names is the most specific value this branch can give you.
Questions about Book Accessories
What is the Google product category ID for Book Accessories?
6174. The full path, "Office Supplies > Book Accessories", is the same category written the other way. The ID is shorter, and renaming a segment above this one changes the path text while leaving the number alone.
Should I use Book Accessories or one of its subcategories?
Prefer a subcategory when one fits: Book Accessories has 4 directly below it, starting with Book Covers (6176), Book Lights (4941), Book Stands & Rests (6175), and 4 in total further down. 6174 is itself a predefined value, so an interior category is not an error — it just groups the product more broadly than a subcategory would.
Where does Book Accessories sit in the taxonomy?
At level 2, under Office Supplies (922). The chain from the top is Office Supplies → Book Accessories. If your product does not belong under Office Supplies, it does not belong here either — check the level above before going deeper.
What should I use if Book Accessories is not quite right?
Look across the rest of Office Supplies first — there are 13 other categories at this level: Desk Pads & Blotters (8078), Filing & Organization (923), General Office Supplies (932), Impulse Sealers (5829), Lap Desks (8499), Name Plates (2435), and 7 more. If none of them fits either, the problem is higher up: go back to Office Supplies (922) and pick a different branch from there rather than settling for the closest thing on this one.
How much more specific can I get than Book Accessories?
1 level more. The longest route down from Book Accessories is Book Accessories > Book Covers, ending at Book Covers (6176) on level 3. Not every branch below Book Accessories runs that far, so the category that fits your product may stop earlier than this one does.
How big is Book Accessories compared with the categories next to it?
It is eighth largest of the 14 at its level, carrying 4 categories below it. A bigger category is not a better one — it just means more of the taxonomy is still open below you after you pick it.
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